From: "Amanda Staab" <amanda@nostarch.com>
To: <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Follow Up: The Blender Book, Jan. 2001
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:34:05 -0800

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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FIRST ENGLISH BOOK ON BLENDER--THE POPULAR (AND FREE) GRAPHICS TOOL: New
book shows readers how to use this free high-end graphics program

Contact: Amanda Staab, Publicist, 415-863-9900, mailto:amanda@nostarch.com

San Francisco, CA--Blender is a fast, powerful, and free 3D graphics and
animation tool that is popular with graphic and Web designers, video
producers, and students. But as a high-end graphics tool, Blender can be
challenging to master. THE BLENDER BOOK (http://www.nostarch.com/?blender,
1-886411-44-1, $39.95, 312 pp. w/CD-ROM, No Starch Press, Jan. 2000) offers
clear, step-by-step tutorials that teach users all aspects of this often
tricky and non-intuitive program.

"An excellent introduction for new users to get into Blender."-Ton
Roosendaal, Developer of Blender

Readers learn how to:

* Model with polygons, curves and surfaces; create 3D text and logos; and
add materials and textures to Web and video creations
* Animate using key frames, paths, particles, lattices, IKA's, and vertex
keys
* Integrate 3D objects into videos
* Create more realistic scenes using radiosity renderings and motion blur
* Control objects and create interfaces using Python scripts
* Add cuts, dissolves, and other effects with Blender's Sequence Editor

The CD-ROM includes Blender 1.8 for all platforms (Linux, Windows, SGI Irix,
Sun Solaris and BeOS), live-action image sequences, a complete texture
library, and all the tutorials, scenes, and animations from the book.

Available in fine bookstores everywhere or directly from No Starch Press
(http://www.nostarch.com, 1-800-420-7240), THE BLENDER BOOK is the first
English-language book that teaches readers how to use this popular 3D
graphics and animation tool.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carsten Wartmann, a computer graphic designer, has worked with 3D graphics,
video editing and Web development since the early 80s. He currently writes
technical documentation on Blender for Blender's publisher, Not A Number
(http://www.blender.nl). He lives in Berlin, Germany.

ABOUT LINUX JOURNAL PRESS
Linux Journal Press publishes books on cutting-edge Linux topics that help
to advance the acceptance and usability of Linux. An imprint of No Starch
Press (www.nostarch.com), Linux Journal Press titles are developed in
partnership with Linux Journal (www.ssc.com and www.linuxjournal.com).

For a review copy, contact Amanda Staab at 415-863-9900 or
mailto:amanda@nostarch.com.

Additional contact info:

No Starch Press
555 De Haro Street, Ste. 250
San Francisco, CA 94107
http://www.nostarch.com
fax: 415-863-9950